Jimmy Napier's Classic "Invest in Debt" is pretty crude and anything but literary, however it does give you a perspective from the note holders vantage point. 

Don't do it.I've written plenty about partnerships, when you should (and shouldn't) be considered, and this is a classic example of a bad idea.  

Buy and Hold is the classic landlord situation, Flipping is faster money and note buying is pure chaos mixed with stoic income.  

I restored some of his classic surfboards.

@ John TThat is classic.

Classic house hacking.  

Well t his is the classic example of "is it cause or effect?" 

However, I can tell you that I have had early real estate investing successes with spending very little money on classic education tools.The primary way I educated myself was through the BP podcast, and reading the book suggestions from the guests. 

I've been analyzing some of the classic texts (namely Nickerson) and am wondering who is your typical duplex buyer (after renovations) in 2015?

If you're just starting to build you'd either be looking at secured cards or you can also try the Capital One Classic Platinum.